Day 169, or June 18. How long is forever? Our thoughts today are rooted in Psalm 90,
verse 10. Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures.
First, the big picture surrounding this verse. The majority of Psalms in this section of
the book of Psalms are anonymous. But there is also a very special one, which is attributed
to Moses. It's Psalm 90. It's rather ironic that Moses lived to be 120 years old, and
yet he declares that seventy or eighty is the lifespan we should expect. There is added
significance when you consider that traditionally Moses wrote the book of Genesis, too. There
is a lot of talk about how many of us will live to be 100. Currently it's as high as
one in six. Even more remarkable is the news from a Cambridge University professor of genetics,
who declared that there could be a chance of a hundred. He declared that the probability
of a hundred is higher than one in six. He declared that the probability of a hundred
in six is higher than one in six. He also declared that there could be a thousand.
He declared that there could be a thousand in the 60s who could survive today. That puts
Methuselah into perspective because he died at a mere 969 years old. However, are we missing
a vital point here? Isn't quality of life more important than quantity of life? When
we think of life, we think of a quality of life that lasts forever, but a substantially
higher quality of life that lasts forever. Heaven will not simply be an extension of
life today, but life in a different dimension. Or, as the apostle Paul recalls in 2 Corinthians
chapter 12 verse 4, I was caught up to paradise and heard things so astounding that they cannot
be words. That's only what he heard. We can't imagine what he saw. The dream of
immortality, which was planted there by God, is at the root of this debate. Put your trust
in living forever in the flesh and you will die forever. Trust in Christ and you will
live forever. You choose. You will find more information by listening to Day 21 again.